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I was here with my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law.

Patty and Kurt showed up, and all they did was just sit on, they sat on the couch with her,

and nobody said a word.

Nobody said a word.

And I remember sitting there and my poor mother-in-law was in shock, and she was saying,

this is my fault. I gave him an ultimatum this morning saying, this is my fault.

I gave him an ultimatum this morning.

This is all my fault.

And Patty didn't say a word.

The only words that did come out of her mouth were,

oh, CJ, wow.

Can I just say, your remodel looks so nice. You have such a nice home. And I said, oh, well, thanks, Patty. Although that doesn't seem really that important right now. It's just like, I just couldn't believe it. Like, this horrible thing happens and you're just, and at the time, I'm like, okay, maybe it's

an awkward situation and you don't know what to say, but she seems so unfazed by what had

actually happened. Like, you're really going to sit here and compliment me about how nice of a

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